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FDA gives Genentech’s Gazyva Priority Review for primary membranous nephropathy

FDA Priority Review puts Genentech’s Gazyva on a November decision path in primary membranous nephropathy after the Phase III MAJESTY win.

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Roche ends two Huntington’s disease programmes after separate clinical setbacks

Roche Holding AG has discontinued development of tominersen and RG6496, removing two investigational huntingtin-lowering medicines from its neurology pipeline after separate setbacks emerged almost simultaneously. The Phase 2 GENERATION HD2 trial showed that tominersen lowered important biological markers but did not meaningfully slow clinical decline, while the Phase 1 POINT-HD study of RG6496 was halted

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Teva wants a slice of Roche’s CHF 7bn Ocrevus franchise, but PB018 still has a long road ahead

Teva gains broad rights to PB018 as Polpharma Biologics advances an Ocrevus biosimilar into clinical development for multiple sclerosis.

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Otsuka’s Astex secures $515m Roche deal for cell-cycle breast cancer candidates

Discover why Roche and Otsuka-owned Astex are pursuing a $515 million cell-cycle breast cancer programme and what risks remain.

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Can Lineage turn early retinal repair signals into a credible late-stage OpRegen pathway?

Discover why Lineage Cell Therapeutics’ OpRegen and OPC1 programmes now face critical delivery, trial design and manufacturing tests.

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AbbVie’s Venclexta update puts long-term CLL treatment-free survival back in focus

Find out how AbbVie’s nine-year venetoclax CLL data could reshape fixed-duration treatment decisions and long-term leukemia care.

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Why Genentech’s Tecentriq Priority Review could change adjuvant colon cancer treatment

Find out how Genentech’s Tecentriq Priority Review could reshape adjuvant treatment for stage III dMMR/MSI-H colon cancer.

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Roche’s giredestrant FDA review raises the stakes in adjuvant breast cancer treatment

Find out how Roche’s giredestrant FDA priority review could reshape endocrine therapy in early breast cancer.

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Can enicepatide and petrelintide help Genentech build a differentiated obesity franchise?

Genentech advances enicepatide and petrelintide obesity data at ADA 2026. Find out why Roche’s strategy matters now.

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Genentech’s ASCO 2026 data puts giredestrant at the centre of Roche’s breast cancer strategy

Endocrine therapy is crowded. Genentech needs giredestrant to prove it can shift breast cancer care, not just add another option.

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